lumbar stenosis

Spinal Stenosis Surgery Risks: What Patients Must Know

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Overall complication rates for lumbar spinal stenosis surgery range from about 10% to 17% in large studies, but that spread is driven less by the diagnosis than by who is being operated on and what is being done. A single number cannot answer any individual patient's question. A patient usually searches “spinal stenosis surgery risks” … Read more

Spinal Stenosis Mild: Symptoms, Treatments & Care Tips

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You're doing the grocery store shuffle, one hand on the cart, because your legs feel heavy before you've even made it to the dairy aisle. Then the MRI report arrives and says mild spinal stenosis, which sounds reassuring until the walking pain, numbness, or cramping still shows up every time you stand too long. That … Read more